US issues new Iran-related sanctions

On the eve of renewed sanctions by Washington, Iranian protesters demonstrate outside the former US embassy in the Iranian capital Tehran on 4 November 2018 [ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images]

The United States has issued a fresh round of Iran-related sanctions targeting four individuals and two entities linked to Tehran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a notice posted on the US Treasury Department’s website showed today, Reuters reports.

The sanctions listed are part of Washington’s ongoing actions over Iran’s nuclear weapons programme, according to the website.

“The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated members of a network of companies and individuals that have provided critical support to the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) programs of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and its expeditionary unit, the IRGC Qods Force (IRGC-QF). OFAC is also designating Saeed Aghajani, the commander of the IRGC Aerospace Force (IRGC ASF) UAV Command,” the statement said.

“Iran and its proxy militants have used UAVs to attack U.S. forces, our partners, and international shipping,” said Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo.

The US has been reimposing sanctions on Iran since former President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew from the 2015 nuclear deal in 2018.

Western powers are due to hold talks with Iran to bring it back in line with the deal after it began to reduce its compliance with it following Trump’s actions.

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